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man; he was afterward obliged to burn it, but he 

 brought the prisoners, chiefly royal marines, safely 

 into port. On the ist of July he again started out, 

 with Messrs. Vaughan and Dixon, and two gigs. 

 The plucky little party suffered greatly from hun 

 ger, but on the 5th he made a sudden descent on 

 Presque Isle, and burned a 14-gun schooner just 

 ready for launching ; he was off before the foe could 

 assemble, and reached the Harbor in safety next 

 day. 



On July 3ist Commodore Chauncy sailed with 

 his fleet; some days previously the larger British 

 vessels had retired to Kingston, where a loo-gun 

 two-decker was building. Chauncy sailed up to the 

 head of the lake, where he intercepted the small brig 

 Magnet. The Sylph was sent in to destroy her, but 

 her crew ran her ashore and burned her. The Jef 

 ferson, Sylph, and Oneida were left to watch some 

 other small craft in the Niagara ; the \Jones was kept 

 cruising between the Harbor and Oswego, and with 

 the four larger vessels Chauncy blockaded Yeo's 

 four large vessels lying in Kingston. The four 

 American vessels were in the aggregate of 4,398 

 tons, manned by rather more than 1,350 men, and 

 presenting in broadside 77 guns, throwing 2,328 Ibs. 

 of shot. The four British vessels measured in all 

 about 3,812 tons, manned by 1,220 men, and pre 

 senting in broadside 74 guns, throwing 2,066 Ibs. 

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